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Noun
/ˈbrestˌbōn/,
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breastbones, plural;
  1. A thin, flat bone running down the center of the chest and connecting the ribs

  1. sternum: the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
  2. The sternum (plural sterna or sternums, from Greek στέρνον,sternon, "chest" or breastbone) is a long flat bone (or, in some instances, set of three bones) shaped like a capital 'T' located in the center of the thorax (chest). ...
  3. The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collar-bone and the top ribs
  4. Series of bones and cartilages which form the floor of the chest. Also known as sternum or keel.
  5. In extispicy TT , the part of the exta TT  examined after the lungs TT ; it could be "thick TT ", "blunted", or "split TT ".